BIB_ID
308731
Accession number
MA 986.13
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1738 Aug. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1923.
Description
1 item (12 p.) ; 22.2 cm
Notes
A retained draft, headed "Au [prince] royal de Prusse" and "22e."
Part of a large collection of letters from Voltaire to Frederick the Great. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a large collection of letters from Voltaire to Frederick the Great. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1923.
Summary
Commenting on a political work Voltaire received from Frederick [Considérations sur l'état présent du corps politique de L'Europe]; discussing, at length, France's international relations.
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